Putin called it a mistake to infringe on RT abroad

At a plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club on the topic “Responsibility for the Future and World Leadership”, RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan asked the Russian leader to consider the possibility of introducing retaliatory measures.

“As for the response measures.

Still, I think you need to be careful.

If someone somewhere makes mistakes of this kind, and I believe that this is a mistake in relation to you, when (it happens -

) the channel is essentially closed or conditions are created under which it is almost impossible to work, "Putin said.

He added that such actions, on the one hand, are infringement of freedom of speech.

“This is bad ... But you should give more information that you are banned.

And interest in you will grow, ”Putin said.

The Russian leader stressed that he is not against retaliatory measures, but it is important that they are not counterproductive.

On September 28, the head of RT DE and Ruptly announced that YouTube has deleted without the right to restore two German RT channels - RT DE and Der Fehlende Part (DFP). 

RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, commenting on the deletion of the channels, noted that this is "a real media war declared by the state of Germany to the state of Russia."